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[roseblooms]

Oh my. It's been such a busy, crazy time... I don't think I have ever pushed myself so hard other than the Black Death curse some time back. This... this wasn't a curse, was it? I suppose things are coming back to normal now. The things we saw... I've never treated cases like these before.

...? S-something odd is here...Hm. I hope the children

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[sealedinthunder]

Ah! Yes, I'm quite fine.

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

Is she dangerous? Do you need me to find her?

[he's worried, but he's in police mode, so it doesn't show too much]

//action!//

[roseblooms]

She could be... but she isn't. She's innocent. But she's bitter.

[ Almost as though she's talking to herself. ]

Ky, if she's found... she needs to be treated like a human. Otherwise she'll do... unimaginable, terrible things. And she's just a child...

I don't want her to be hurt. But I don't want you to get too close to her either, alright?

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

I wouldn't hurt a child, you know that.

What do you want me to do, Megu?

//action!//

[roseblooms]

I know, Ky. I just have to say it. Hurting her is what killed her and gave birth to her abilities.

Her name is Samara. She's my... Give her no reason to hurt you either. Don't get close. Please, Ky.

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

I don't want her to hurt you, Megu.

//action!//

[roseblooms]

She's...

I don't think she could.

[ Pauses in her walk, turning to look at Ky, and now confessing something she hasn't told anyone in this City. ]

I'm what she could have been. And she's what I could have been. I saw her thoughts when she spoke to me.

She's my parallel existence, Ky.

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

[turns, a look of horror on his face]

No.

Megu, of course not. You cannot...let yourself think these things.

//action!//

[roseblooms]

I can't deny them, Ky!

[ Pulling away, moving her arms around herself and hugging herself lightly, she cringes. ]

Her thoughts were mine-- she was in the same well. Her mother, her very own mother pushed her in!

[ Her voice gets smaller. She has to tell Ky before anything happens to her that will end up harming him. ]

The only reason I'm different is because I'd learned to love. No one gave her any. None at all.

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

[he realizes how upset she is and turns to hold her]

I won't hurt her. I promise. But...do not hurt yourself. Do not...allow yourself to hurt, Megu.

I love you. Deeply. Always remember that.

//action!//

[roseblooms]

I wont...

[ Moving forward to close the space between them, she sighs and keeps her arms around his waist, face in his chest and hugging him. ]

I let myself become a vicious, evil thing, because I thought Axl had left me forever.

I've never told anyone... if you can still love me after that, then you're more than a Saint, Ky. How did I get so lucky...

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

Of course I still love you, Megu.

What happened...it was a horrible thing. Even the strongest among us suffer when we feel abandoned.

//action!//

[roseblooms]

And now to see this girl, this Samara. To see her here is the very memory of that sin of hate.

[ Holding him by the shoulders ]

If I... I can't predict what will happen to me while she's here. If anything does... promise me you or Axl will defend yourselves. I love you too much to risk hurting you.

//action!//

[sealedinthunder]

We are both skilled enough to make you stop without hurting you, Megu.

We will not let you hurt us. I promise.